Price tag



F. KOHNLE.

, PRICE TAG.

APPLICATION FH:ED lUlzY28, l92l.

1,438,043, Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

Patented Dec, 5, 1922,

FREDERICK KOH'NLE, or DAYTQN, oaro,

SYSTEM COMPANY, OF DAYTON,

' insane rarest ASSIGNOR TO THE nominee: araairme onro, A conronarron OEOHIO.

l sion was.

Application filed July 28,

To cZZ whom it may concern:

it known that l, Fanonnicn KoHNLE, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery. and State of Ohio, have invented. a new and useful improvement in Price Tags (Case A), of which the following specification is a full disclosure.

This invention relates to tickets or tags used for marking goods with the sales price, or any data necessary for identification, classification, and for the general purposes for which tags and labels are used, and particularly to a type of tag known as a string tag. 4

The tag is provided with a loop section of a string extending centrally from the upper end of the tag, the string furnishing fastening means for securing the tags to the merchandise.

The invention primarily relates to the method of applying or securing the string to the and in general is cl'iaractcristic of the type of tag shown and described in prior Letters Patent llo.l,19,5l8, issued to me as assignor to The Monarch Company, dated August 15, 191-6, for price tag, and upon which the present invention is an i mprovem ent.

Tags having a string fastener, as shown in said. Letters Patent, have the opposite ends of a string securedlor imbeddedl be tween the plies oi the tag and along the upper edge of the tag and the intermediate portion of the string, in the form of a loop, extending centrally. from one edge of the tag. The string end, when secured between the tag plies, as above mentioned, and as shown in said Letters Patent, under a pulling strain of the loop will slit the paper longitudinally wit 1 the imbedded string end and permit the tag to become detached from the string or merchandise to which the tag may be secured by the string.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a more efiicient method of securing the string to the tag by looping the string around the edge of the tag and through an aperture in the tag central of and near the edge offlthe tag and in the form of a chain knot tied. to the tam The tag, as an article of commerce, may represent a single or individual tag, or tags in gang form, to possess certain character- 1921. Seria1 -l\To. 488,174.

istics of utility for feeding the gang strip through the marking machines.

The features of the invention will be more fully set forth in the descriptionof the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in the drawings like characters of reference denote corresponding arts throughout the several views, of whic': i

I Fig. 1 is a plan View ofa portion of a gang tag strip in which the. strings for the tags are shown in several stages of the method-of applying thestring, and in the finished form. 1

is a plan view of a single tag.

- Fig. is an enlarged sectionon-line 3, 3, Flg. 1.

The gang strip or individual tag repre sents a strip of paper folded upon itself to provide a thickness-of several ply with the.

layers adhesively secured togethen The method of folding and the number of plies is optional, and,as shown, comprises a tag and strip of a double ply thickness, presenting a fold along one edge, as the upper edge of the tag, for encircling orenveloping' the string ends. The string or is inserted between the fold fold edge of the tag, it is an aperture forming a loop of the unfolded strip being converted into a notch 6 in the tag, centrally thereof, so that the oppositeends of the string extend relatively in oppositedirections from the notch. 1

YVith the ends of the string thus imbedded between the plies of tag, it-hasbeen experienced that these ends serve to sever the paper along the fold, if sufiicient pulling strain is applied to the loop runs, resulting in the tag becoming detached. To obviate this objection, I provide the tag with an aperture or perforation 7 centrally of the tag, an appropriate degree of spaclng from the notch 6, through which the loop 5 is threaded and through the loop formed thereby, as shown in Fig. 1, tying the two strands of the fastener loop in the form of a chain cord 3 isinsertedbetweenthe edge fold of Q eas es knot to the tag, whereby the imbedded cord ends are relieved of any pulling strains.

The method of making the knot is more clearly perceptible from the illustration oi the successive steps in the process or"- manufacture, shown'in Fig. 'l.

The first tag at the left of the number of tags shown, illustrates the string ends secured between the plies and the loop extended medially therefrom. The second tag shows the loop threaded through the aperture "I, forming a knot-loop 8, through which the loop, as strands, are inserted, as shown in the third tag of the series.

The threading and knotting of the strands of the string loop about that portion of the tag intermediate of the notch 6 and aperture 7, is accomplished by a machine operation for doingthe work quickly though not necessarily in exactly the manner of a band threading; and knotting operation, and although only approximately following the steps 8X- einplified in the drawings, forming of the knot would be equally well accomplished.

It is also obvious that the style of knot employed is not a controlling factor, since any form or style of knot may he used and such use is herein contemplated.

I also contemplate the simple threading 01": the strands through the aperture, without tying or knotting the same, this operation be ing in itself sufiicient to prevent the tearing of the ends of the strand from their anchorage between the plies of the tab.

Fig. 1 also represents the tags as a gang tag strip, the individual tags of the strip being identified by the divisional notches or slits 10. The slits or notches expose opposite edges of the adjacent tags, the edges providing shoulders for engaging and cooperat ing with the feeding mechanism or a marl:- ing machine for a regulated step advance of the strip, in machine tag-marking and severing from the strip.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A new article of manufacture, comprising a tag of several ply thickness, having a string loop extending from the central portion of one edge of the tag, with the ends of the string iinhedded between the plies of the tag, and the loop threaded through an aperture in the tag and'torined into a chain knot secured about the portion oi the tag intermediate the edge of the and aforesaid aperture.

2. A new article of manufacture, comprising atag of several ply thickness, having a string loop extending from one edge of the tag, with the ends of the string iinhedded between the plies of the tag 311C. the strands of the string loop threaded through an aperture in the tag and about the portion of the tag intermediate the edge of the and aforesaid aperture, for torniinp; a knot for securing the string loop to the tag.

3. A. new article of manufacture, coin-arising a tag of several ply not ess, having; a string loop extending from tag, with ends of the string iroln tween the plies of the tag and the s of. the loop interlaced and threaded through the tag to provide a loop knot connection with the tag.

A new article or" manufacturer comprising a tag of plural ply having a stri loop knot formation connecting with the with the free ends of the string secured and iinbedded between the plies of the tag.

5. In a plural ply tag strip, formed by folding a paper sheet upon itself, a series of? slots inwardly directed from and along the fold edge thereof defining tag; width, notches along said fold edge, one inidway of each pair of slots, an opening respectively adjacent each notch, fastener means for each tag, comprising a flexible element folded upon itself, its terminals being held between said plies respectively at opposite sides of said notch, the looped end o? rid element heingz; passed through said opening, adjacent said notch and subsequently through the loop thus formed and drawn to produce a simple knot about said notch and opening.

In witness whereof, I hereunto suhsm'iihe my name, as attested by the two subscribing witnesses.

FREDifiRltlli. KQHNLE.

l Vitnesses:

L. A. BECK, N. M. SCHMIDT. 

